Lab 7-Bayesian analyses

The lab on Bayesian analyses can be found here:
http://public.wsu.edu/~jesse.brunner/classes/bio572/Lab7_Bayesian.html

Just a heads up: you will need to install some software for lab, so you might want to do this beforehand.

For reference, here is the McCarthy intro to Bayesian stuff.



If you find useful or interesting (or just funny) explanations of the differences and similarities of Bayesian and Frequentist approaches to analyses, this might be a good place to post them. One thing to keep in mind, though: you can do stupid (or smart) things in either framework!



A cogent argument for Bayesian statistics in ecology by Aaron Ellison.


This critique (or polemic) of Bayesian methods is by Brian Dennis, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and Division of Statistics, University of Idaho. It is a chapter in "The Nature of Scientific Evidence: Statistical, Philosophical, and Empirical Considerations" M. L. Taper and S. R. Lele, editors, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2004 (From Scott)


I think this critique (or polemic) does a better job setting out the contrast between Bayesian and Frequentist methods.


A useful, if incomplete, guide to the philosophical differences between Bayesian and Frequentist methods can be found here:
http://oikosjournal.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/frequentist-vs-bayesian-statistics-resources-to-help-you-choose/